Kano committed to sanitation

The Kano State government says it is committed to ensuring that residents of the state imbibe proper sanitation habits.

The Director of the state Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB),Alhaji Ismail Bello, expressed this desire in an interview with journalists in Kano.

Bello said that part of the efforts included the provision of dump sites in major streets in the metropolis to discourage people from indiscriminate dumping of refuse.

“The governor, at inception, had directed the eight metropolitan councils to allocate 10 places where people will dump refuse.

“This will, at least, discourage residents from dumping refuse everywhere, and make them stop the habit of dumping refuse in drains in front of their homes.

“We intend to sensitise the public on the health implications of refuse dumping, especially solid waste in front of their homes.

“We want them to know that when you dump refuse anyhow, you endanger not only yourself but your neighbours as well,’’ he said.

Bello also said that the agency had purchased 3,000 drums of 200-litre capacity for distribution in all major streets of the eight metropolitan local councils.

He said that experts from different ministries and departments of the state were selected into a committee to decide where to allocate the drums in order to make them accessible for the agency’s officials.